Here is where back-end authentication comes in. It requires visitors of your website to have Flickr logins, and that is a tall ask. While front-end authentication is good, it has a major drawback. Setup of back-end authentication is extensively documented in the main Authentication page. Back-End / Server-Side Authentication ( 🔗) Unfortunately Flickr’s method of returning private photos is not progressive, in the sense that a privacy filter of 4 doesn’t get you photos of levels 1, 2 and 3 it only gets you level 4 photos. The following short-code will show me my photos with a privacy level of 4: You can set the desired privacy level using the privacy_filter parameter, which can be given a value from 1 to 5, as above. 4 – Private photos visible to friends and family.Unauthenticated users will only see public photos. The authentication is a one-time process, and until a user revokes the permissions from his Flickr console or deletes his browser cookies, he can access the protected photos. After authentication the user is redirected back to your site and can see whatever they are authorized to see. When the user clicks on “Login”, he is taken to a page on Flickr where he is asked to authorize the application. The first time a user tries to access protected content on Flickr, he is presented with an authentication box similar to this: Flickr Authentication Authentication requires that folks visiting your site have cookies enabled in their browser, or it will not work.You can obtain an API Key and a Secret from Flickr directly. To enable authentication you must define a Flickr API Key and a Secret.You can then configure the text to be shown in the box and the button. To enable Flickr Authentication, go to Settings → Photonic → Flickr → Flickr Settings → Private Photos, and enable private photos. Back-End / Server-Side Authentication, where a visitor to your website will see what you are authorized to see (you login behind the scenes)įront-End / Client-Side Authentication ( 🔗).Front-End / Client-Side Authentication, where a visitor to your website will be asked to login with Flickr credentials and see only what he / she is authorized to see.As documented in the main Authentication page, Photonic supports two modes of Authentication for Flickr: Photonic provides access to protected photos that you have decided to share amongst friends and family. Plugins » Photonic – Gallery and Lightbox Plugin » Flickr Authentication
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